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Adding Logins for Librarians
by Jean Montgomery 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

I'm missing something somewhere. I've changed the perference so that each branch is independent. I have added Libraries with MAIN and BRANCH. My question is how do I set up the Librarian logins so that they can only access their library information. Do I have to do this within MYSQL or is there a perl script or am I not understanding the login structure? Linux Debian Koha 2.2.9 -- Jean Montgomery Network Administrator Superiorland Library Cooperative 1615 Presque Isle Ave. Marquette, MI 49855 (906) 228-7697 Fax (906) 228-5627

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Any interest in adding MP3 ID3v2 read/write capability to Koha?
by Chris Nighswonger 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi, We have a good sized collection (and growing) of MP3 encoded audio that we plan to use Koha to catalog. Most of our MP3's have to have tags created and added to them. A few have tags already. The job of creating them could be made a lot easier by adding the ability to write ID3v2 tags to the MP3's based on the corresponding marc record for the audio archive. (Our in-house software does this currently, but is coded in VB rather than Perl.) We have been looking at using MP3::Tag to incorporate this read/write capability into Koha. To do this right, I think some discussion is in order prior to beginning. I'd like to hear feedback on two points: 1. From the user prospective: Is there any interest/demand for this type of feature? 2. From the developer prospective: What is the best mapping plan for marc fields to ID3v2 frames and vise-versa? If you are not familiar with the ID3v2 standard, take a look at http://www.id3.org/id3v2.4.0-frames which is probably the relevant part for this discussion. Regards, Chris -- Chris Nighswonger Faculty Member Network & Systems Director Foundations Bible College & Seminary www.foundations.edu www.fbcradio.org

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OPac - customize for each site
by Jean Montgomery 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

I was wondering what would be the best approach to take on a Linux box running Koha 2.2.9 to customize each libraries OPAC separately. Even though we are a consortia, some libraries will allow reserves and some will not, some will only want to look at their items and some will allow them to look at all items. Any suggestions before I dive in. Jean Montgomery Network Administrator Upper Peninsula Region of Library Cooperation (906)228-7697

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OPAC Colors
by Lawrence Bean 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

I believe I have found the color controls. They are in: /var/www/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/css/en/includes/opac.css listed as follows: /* bleu : #3366CC; jaune-vert : CCFF00; vert : 99cc00 jaune : ffff99 orange : ffdd75 gris clair : efefef bleu profond : 000066 jaune vert 2 : d3dfad th : ccffcc violet : 993366 */ If you go to this website: http://www.2createawebsite.com/build/hex-colors.html There's a color wheel halfway down where you can put in a hex code and see the resulting color. I believe violet : 993366 is the one you find objectionable. So, I think all you need to do is find the hex number for the color you want instead and plug it in wherever you find 993366. Although I can do this for you, it would be good for you to learn how. First, you need to connect to Koha via SSH (Secure SHell) so you can Get and Put files. The easiest way to do this is with the program Fugu. Download it from http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/download.html You will need to be "inside" the central office firewall, either by being at one of the schools or by VPN. When you start it up, connect to koha.u47.k12.me.us (172.17.237.4) with username "root" and enter the password when prompted. Now you'll have two windows side-by-side, your computer on the left and koha on the right. On the right, use the pull-down menu to go to the root directory (/), then double-click to drill down to /var/www/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/css/en/includes/ On the left, get the directory to someplace convenient on your machine (e.g. "Desktop") Then just drag "opac.css" from right-to-left to get a copy of it. Before you do anything else, make a copy of the original somewhere so if you screw up you can always put the original back and start over! Now, the next bit is VERY IMPORTANT. Open TextEdit, go to Preferences, choose NewDocumnet->Format->"Plain Text", then in OpenAndSave select: "Delete the automatic backup file" "Save Files as Read & Write" "Overwrite read-only files" "Ignore rich-text in HTML" "Ignore rich-text in RTF" OpeningFiles->"Automatic" SavingFiles->"Automatic" DocumentType->"HTML 4.01 Strict" Styling->"Embedded CSS" Encoding->"Unicode UTF-8" "Preserve White Space" Once you have those prefs saved, you can File->Open "opac.css". It is ver important you edit these files in TextEdit as they need to preserve their unix characteristics. Opening and saving in any other word processor will add a bunch of junk that will result in the file no longer working correctly. The colors listed at the top are just comments (inside the /* ... */), so changing something there will not do anything. However, if you know your new color code you can simply use Edit->Find, put "993366" into Find, your new color code into Replace, and click "Replace All". Save your changes, then back at fugu drag from left to right to put the new changes in place. As soon as the new file is written, you should be able to refresh your browser and see your changes. Good luck, and have fun decorating!

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FW: Error in bulkmarcimport
by Lenora Oftedahl 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Here's a new one for me. I'll also be doing some investigating, but thought I'd ask the group for help as well. We've been uploading files and doing well, until a major crash. Had to re-install/upgrade on a new machine. Now files won't upload. Any tantalizing hints on where I should look? TIA. Lenora Vancouver, WA ********************************************* Converting record 1 encoding from MARC8 to UTF-8 Arguments must be MARC::Field object at /usr/local/koha-2.2.7/modules/C4/Biblio.pm line 1418

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Installation problems
by Amanda Stevens 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

I installed Koha on my Windows system a couple of days ago and I'm having an interesting problem. Every time I try to do anything in the system (including navigate to another page), the system tells me I'm not logged in and asks me to log in with my username and password. When I log in, the system appears to accept my information and it takes me to the next screen, but then if I do anything else, I have to log in again. In looking at the documentation, it appeared that changing my admin preference to "insecure" would solve this problem. However, when I edit this preference and save the changes, nothing is saved. In fact, any changes I make in system preferences are not being saved. Does anyone know what's going on? Another less pressing issue is that my interface is very plain and has none of the colours that are shown in snapshots included in the documentation. Thanks for your help, Amanda --- Amanda Stevens Anchor Archive Regional Zine Project Halifax, NS Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/

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Fwd: KOHA localization
by Stephen Hedges 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tigran Zargaryan <tigran(a)flib.sci.am> Date: Nov 21, 2007 8:13 AM Subject: KOHA localization To: st.hedges(a)gmail.com Cc: jmf(a)liblime.com Hi, I am planning to start localization of KOHA into Armenian (having experience on localization of Greenstone, WinISIS, Open Office). How can I start this task. Who can help me. thanks --- Tigran Zaragaryan Director Fundamental Scientific Library Academy of the Sciences Republic of Armenia Baghramyan ave., 24D 0019, Armenia Yerevan T. +37410 524750 F. +37410 524750 URL: http://www.flib.sci.am e-mail: tigran(a)flib.sci.am skype: webcttigran

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Foolproof Koha installation script?
by jtarrant＠talk21.com 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hi. Just spent the last hour failing to install Koha on Ubuntu 7.1. Having problems with zoom and yaz. Does anybody have a foolproof installation script that just installs everything required on an empty system? I do feel that this should be an easier process... The script can be for Windows, OSX or Linux, don't really mind (I have access to all three). Finding a foolproof way to install Koha would get more people using it. Maybe we need a koha.iso. Regards, Joe Tarrant ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/

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Koha frameworks internationalisation
by Thomas Dukleth 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Do you use MARC 21 in a language other than English? Do you use UNIMARC in a language other than French or English? Do you use a MARC variant other than MARC 21 or UNIMARC? If you have any language specific or MARC variant specific Koha frameworks for sharing, please contact me on or off the list. LibLime has asked me to prepare whatever MARC frameworks I can obtain for use in the forthcoming version of Koha 3.0. Share yours so that others do not need to do redundant work. [MARC frameworks are either bibliographic or authorities frameworks and go by various names in Koha depending upon how you access them. In the system administration intranet interface, they are identified as Biblio framework (MARC structure) for bibliographic frameworks or Thesaurus structure for authorities. In the installation directories, they have names such as structure_def.sql for bibliographic frameworks or authorities_normal_marc.sql for authorities.] I will supply very simple instructions for exporting your frameworks from your SQL database if you need such assistance. Thomas Dukleth Agogme 109 E 9th Street, 3D New York, NY 10003 USA http://www.agogme.com 212-674-3783

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Spider to crawl Catalog URLs
by Lenora Oftedahl 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Hi. Does anyone have recommendations for a spider that will crawl all the URLs in my catalog and send back reports about good and bad URLs? I am currently running InMagic & Koha in tandem so need spiders for both. Thanx. Lenora -- *************************************** Lenora A. Oftedahl, MLS MEPM StreamNet Regional Librarian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission 729 NE Oregon St, Ste 190 Portland, OR 97232 503-736-3581 / ARIEL: 207.173.155.8 503-731-1260 FAX OFTL(a)critfc.org http://www.fishlib.org ************************************* "One by one, the penguins are stealing my sanity" ************************************** "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." --(Charles Schultz) ************************************** "The problem with adults is that they are contaminated by experience." --Kumi Naidoo, General Secretary and CEO of CIVICUS **************************************

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